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Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.” (Amos 4, 1)
Therefore, on his behalf, because you have torn apart the poor and stolen choice prey from him: you will build houses with square stones and you will not dwell in them; you will plant the most delightful vineyards, and you will not drink wine from them. (Amos 5, 11)
For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate. (Amos 5, 12)
Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without. (Amos 8, 4)
in order that we may possess the destitute with money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell even the refuse of the grain?” (Amos 8, 6)
You have cursed his scepters, the head of his warriors, those who approached like a whirlwind so as to scatter me. Their exultation was like one who devours the poor in secret. (Habakkuk 3, 14)
And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord. (Zephaniah 3, 12)
And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother. (Zechariah 7, 10)
Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey. (Zechariah 9, 9)
And I will pasture the flock of the slaughter, because of this, O poor of the flock. And I took to myself two staffs: the one I called Handsome, and the other I called Rope, and I pastured the flock. (Zechariah 11, 7)
And it became invalid in that day. And so they understood, just like the poor of the flock who stay close to me, that this is the word of the Lord. (Zechariah 11, 11)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5, 3)